Introduction
Year:2006
City: Sant Boi de Llobregat
Region:
Europe & Former Soviet Union States
Country:Spain
In the year 2000, Sant Boi de Llobregat started up an
innovative system of management of the uses of the ground rooted in thesituation of impact of the possible growth of the city over the natural
surroundings.
Reason to Be Selected
construction of a new residential sector, permitted by the current urban
regulations, in a peripheral natural space of agro-forest use up until that
time: the Valley of Can Carreres.The announcement of the new construction caused a
reaction in the form of a citizen's movement which organised a civic platform
for the defence of this threatened natural space. The citizens' claims
coincided with the conclusions of the Local Agenda 21 participation forum, that
during the same year recommended carrying out a study of the environmental,
scenic, patrimony, and didactic values of the Valley of Can Carreres, and of
other natural spaces in similar urbanism situations.
Faced with the conflict of interests, the City Council
took the initiative to modify the foreseen urban planning, achieving an accord
with the ground owners, reaching a consensus with the civic commission and
planning a new strategy: growth within the urban ground as an alternative
to the occupation of the free ground.
The positive impacts have been the introduction of
environmental studies prior to the urbanism projects, the participation of the
citizenry, and the signing of agreements for the solution of conflicts, the
change of part of the private homes to public housing at social prices, and the
public acquisition of the natural space of the Valley of Can Carreras as a
definitive guarantee of protection.
The local administration has learned that it may convert
a situation of conflict into an opportunity to reconsider the future that it
can put into place strategies, with the support of the citizenry, in order to
adapt urban planning to the sustainable development requirements of the
municipality.
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Sant Boi de Llobregat - (City IQ)
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